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Some small populations may be identifiable using information that is now typically recorded in EHRs. Residents of rural areas may be identifiable by the address and zip code information that is collected for billing purposes, although not all providers collect updated address information at each visit, so some of this information may not be up to

To be useful for research on small populations, EHRs much include information identifying individuals as fitting into those populations, as well as information about their health and health care. For example, even if members of an Asian subpopulation were identifiable using EHRs, if they rarely seek health care or tend to seek care from places whe

For electronic health records to help solve the challenges of conducting research on small n populations, several conditions need to be present. The first is a critical level of adoption of relatively advanced EHRs by a range of providers (e.g., primary care physicians, specialists, hospitals, laboratory, and pharmacy) so that information about su

Patients’ health records and other electronic health information are an essential part of care, documenting critical issues such as their history, preventive care, diagnostic tests, and diagnoses and treatments over time. Health records also facilitate information sharing among physicians, other health professionals, and provider organizations t

A fundamental challenge facing small communities is the high cost per capita of providing health services. 176 Investments to make services available in sparsely populated areas produce services for fewer people than do similar investments made in more populated areas.

Recognizing the health needs of and health-related differences among, Asian-American subpopulations, various researchers, policy makers, and advocates of Asian Americans have called for more consistent and standardized collection of data on Asian subpopulations. The challenges faced getting adequate data to study the health and health care of Asia

The Institute of Medicine sees EHRs as an essential part of a “learning health care system,” and many believe they are critical for the success of medical homes, accountable care organizations, and other provider payment and delivery system reforms resulting from the Affordable Care Act. The use of EHR data for research depends first of all on

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An Investigation of Interstate Variation in Medicaid Long-Term Care Use and Expenditures Across 40 States in 2006
Executive Summary
Audra Wenzlow, Rosemary Borck, Dean Miller, Pamela Doty and John Drabek
July 2013

Contents
Background and Study Objectives Study Objectives
History and Structure of the QIO Program
Review of the Literature on QIO Program Effectiveness
Major Findings from QIO Inventory, Site Visits and TEP Meeting Development of QIO Inventory

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